Vietnam Today

Vietnamese with an agriculture visa will certainly be welcome to farms and regional communities across Australia, Chief Executive Tony Mahar of the Australian National Farmers' Federation (NFF) has said.

A career forum for Vietnamese young people and students studying and working in the US was organised by the Vietnamese Youths and Students’ Association in New York on March 26.

The Party Committee, People's Council, People's Committee, and Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee in Phuoc Loc commune, Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC)’s Nha Be district, organized a ceremony to launch "Ho Chi Minh Cultural Space".

The Binh Thanh District Women's Union recently held a ceremony to launch the tree planting festival to express eternal gratitude to Uncle Ho and the movement "one tree for every woman's family - one tree for each facility" to successfully celebrate the 12th National Women’s Congress for the 2022 – 2027 period.

The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee opened a meeting of full-time deputies on March 28 to discuss four draft laws to be submitted to the coming third session of the parliament.

In the first 2 months of 2022, Vietnam’s rubber export turnover to the Republic of Korea reached 15.31 million USD, representing 8,220 tons, up 10.4% in volume and 7.9% in value over the same period last year.

Routes Asia 2022 will be held in Vietnam’s central coastal city of Da Nang from June 4 to 9.

Information from the Expanded Immunization Program on the morning of March 27 said that the Australian Government had officially committed to providing Vietnam with about 13.7 million doses of Pfizer and Moderna vaccines to deploy COVID-19 vaccinations to Vietnam for children 5-11 years old.v

The cooperation relationship between Thanh Hoa Province and Korean partners is developing more and more deeply and comprehensively, which is an important driving force in promoting the local socio-economic development, contributing to building a strategic cooperative partnership between the two countries Vietnam - the Republic of Korea (RoK).

There are currently 28,500 Vietnamese laborers working in the Republic of Korea (RoK) under the Employment Permit System (EPS) program. The two sides are actively removing obstacles to bring nearly 6,500 workers selected in 2020 to the RoK.

The northern province of Yen Bai granted investment licences worth a total of 1,475 billion VND (64.8 million USD) to nine investors at a meeting with enterprises on March 27.

The number of domestic tourists to Hanoi in the first quarter of 2022 is estimated at 2.8 million, up 45.3% over the same period last year, reported the City Department of Tourism.

Two international flights brought more than 300 tourists from Singapore and Thailand to the central coastal city of Da Nang on March 27, the first day the city opened all tourism activities after a long hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

As many as 40 Venezuelan trainees have participated in a fundamental Vietnamese language course jointly held by the Vietnamese Embassy in Venezuela and the Vietnam-Venezuela Friendship Association.

The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee opened a meeting of full-time deputies on March 28 to discuss four draft laws to be submitted to the coming third session of the parliament.

Only less than 50 days left, the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) will officially take place. At present, Vietnam is urgently making efforts to complete the final preparations for the safe and successful organisation of the region’s biggest sport event.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had a meeting with the Standing Board of the Quang Nam provincial Party Committee on March 27, asking this central locality to promote self-reliance and maximise internal strength to develop.

The Ministry of Health (MoH) has allowed the use of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine for booster doses to be injected into people who received basic doses of mRNA technology vaccines (Pfizer or Moderna).

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has stressed the need to further step up international tourism re-opening in association with safe and flexible adaptation to the pandemic in the new situation.

Freedom of the press and opinions and the use of social networks in Vietnam are in line with the development of the world and the region as well as the development of the country in recent times.

Digital travel platform Agoda has revealed 10 countries with the highest numbers of tourists keen to travel to Vietnam.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has stressed the need to further step up international tourism re-opening in association with safe and flexible adaptation to the pandemic in the new situation.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has stressed the need to improve the start-up movement in both quantity and quality so as to soon make Vietnam become a strong country in this field.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc attended a ceremony in Hanoi on March 26 night to announce winners of the Vietnam Outstanding Young Face Award in 2021.

The Vietnamese Embassy, in coordination with the embassies of French-speaking countries in Chile, has organised the Francophone Film Week 2022 on the occasion of International Francophonie Day.

Vietnam’s exports of wood and wooden products are expected to rake in 18.5 billion USD in 2025 and 20.4 billion USD in 2030, per a project freshly approved by Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh on March 10.

Vietnam attaches importance to developing cooperation with Grenada, Vietnamese Ambassador Le Viet Duyen affirmed while presenting his credentials to the Governor General of Grenada, Cecile La Grenade.

An exhibition showcasing Hue royal antiques opened at Cultural Friendship Palace in the capital city of Hanoi on March 26.

The Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU) of Ho Chi Minh City and the HCM City Power Cooperation (EVNHCMC) on March 26 hosted a run to mark the 91st anniversary of the HCYU and respond to Earth Hour and Olympic Day Run 2022.

Ho Chi Minh City has identified promoting all-round digital transformation as one of the important tasks to recover and develop the local economy this year.